operating systems and networks require layers of tools, including the very basis of the machinery; in order to build all those parts, programming languages are

operating systems and networks require layers of tools, including the very basis of the machinery; in order to build all those parts, programming languages are implemented and improved. Those programming languages are necessarily dense and stable over time. So it matters very much what part of the operating system you are pointing to, and the role it plays in an ecosystem of software and software authors, over long periods of time.